Growing Tea: Cultivating Camellia Sinensis and Caffeine-Free Herbal Tea Plants in Containers and Garden Beds, from Leaf to Cup

Somewhere in your local garden centre, quite possibly between the azaleas and the pieris, sits a glossy camellia labelled Camellia sinensis. It is the plant behind every cup of green, black, oolong and white tea, and it is rated hardy through most of the UK. If you can grow a rhododendron, your soil will very probably suit it, and if you can’t, a large pot of ericaceous compost will do nicely.

This book takes the tea plant from the garden centre bench to the teapot. It covers choosing, pl...